Eternal Sunshine
Awards
Nominations
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
(Kate Winslet)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Jeffrey Caine)
- Best Film Editing (Claire Simpson)
- Best Original Score (Alberto Iglesias)
Nominated for 5 Saturn Awards
- Best DVD Special Edition Release
- Best Actor (Jim Carrey)
- Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
- Best Director (Michel Gondry)
- Best Writer (Charlie Kaufman)
Nominated for the César Award (France's equivalent to the Academy Awards) for Best Foreign Film
Nominated for 3 Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor (Jim Carrey), Best Cinematography (Ellen Kuras), and Best Original Score (Jon Brion)
Nominated for 2 Moviefone Moviegoer Awards: Best Indie Film and Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
Nominated for 2 London Film Critics' Circle Awards: Best Film and Best Director (Michel Gondry)
Nominated for Art Directors Guild Award: Feature Film – Contemporary Film
[Dan Leigh (production designer)]
Nominated for American Cinema Editors Award: Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical (Valdís Óskarsdóttir)
Nominated for the Visual Effects Society Award: Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture (Louis Morin, Mark Dornfeld)
Nominated for the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film (Fred Rosenberg)
Nominated for 4 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Movie, Favorite Leading Man (Jim Carrey), Favorite Leading Lady (Kate Winslet), and Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet)
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards: Best Film, Best Director (Michel Gondry) Best Actor (Jim Carrey), Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes
- Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Jim Carrey)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Kate Winslet)
- Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Charlie Kaufman)
Nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Kate Winslet)
Nominated for 3 Critics' Choice Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Gondry), and Best Writer (Charlie Kaufman)
Nominated for 3 Utah Film Critics Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Gondry), and Best Writer (Charlie Kaufman)
Nominated for the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
Nominated for the Grammy Awards for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Jon Brion)
Nominated for the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Film – Contemporary (Melissa Toth)
Nominated for 12 Cinemarati Awards
- Best Film
- Best Director (Michel Gondry)
- Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
- Best Actor (Jim Carrey)
- Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
- Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
- Best Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet)
- Best Ensemble Cast
- Best Cinematography (Ellen Kuras)
- Best Editing (Valdís Óskarsdóttir)
- Outstanding Design Team
- Best Musical Score (Jon Brion)
Nominated for 3 Satellite Awards: Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Jim Carrey), Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Kate Winslet), Best Visual Effects (Michele Ferrone and Louis Morin)
Nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Feature of the Year
Nominated for the European Film (Academy) Awards' Prix Screen International (for Best on-European Film of the Year)
Nominated for the Movie of the Year at the Hollywood Awards
Awards
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman) (Screenplay/Story) Michel Gondry (Story) Pierre Bismuth (Story)
Winner of the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay (also Story)(Charlie Kaufman), Michel Gondry (Story) Pierre Bismuth (Story)
Winner of 2 BAFTAs: Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman) and Best Editing (Valdís Óskarsdóttir)
Winner of the Best Original Screenplay Award (Charlie Kaufman)
Winner of 4 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Director (Michel Gondry)
- Best Film
- Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
- Best Acting Ensemble
Winner of 5 Online Film Critics Society Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
- Best Director (Michel Gondry)
- Best Editing (Valdís Óskarsdóttir)
- Best Original Screenplay (also Story) (Charlie Kaufman), Michel Gondry (Story), Pierre Bismuth (Story)
Winner of 2 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Best Director (Michel Gondry) and Best Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
Winner of 2 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor (Jim Carrey) and Best Editing (Valdís Óskarsdóttir)
Winner of 2 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Best Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman) and Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
Winner of 2 London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Actress of the Year (Kate Winslet) and Best Screenwriter of the Year (Charlie Kaufman)
Winner of 2 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Charlie Kaufman) and Best Editing (Valdís Óskarsdóttir)
Winner of the Utah Film Critics Award: Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
Winner of the New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
Winner of the Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
Winner of the Seattle Film Critics Award for Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
Winner of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
Cited as Best Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman) in the Village Voice Film Critics' Poll
Cited among the year's 5 Best Directors (#4 on list - Michel Gondry) in the Village Voice Film Critics' Poll
Cited among the year's Best Supporting Performances (Kirsten Dunst) in the Village Voice Film Critics' Poll
Cited as one of the year's 10 Best Films (#2 on list) in the Village Voice Film Critics' Poll
Named one of the year's 10 best films by the Critics' Choice Awards (Broadcast Film Critics Association)
Named one of the year's 10 best films (American Film Institute Movie of the Year – Official Selection) by the AFI Awards
Named one of the year's 10 Best Films (#2 on list) by the Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Named one of the year's 10 Best Films (#3 on list) by the Southeastern Film Critics Association
Named one of the year's 10 Best Films (#5 on list) by the Dallas/Forth Worth Film Critics
Named one of the year's 10 Best Films by the Phoenix Film Critics Society
Winner of the Prix Première du Public (the Première Magazine Audience Award) at the 2004 Deauville Festival of American Cinema
Winner of the Xplore Award at the International Film Festival of Flanders-Ghent
Published on: February 21, 2008